Articles by dcminter
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Rust All Hands 2026 Retrospective (rust-lang.org)

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The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history (economist.com)

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Show HN: Kafkaesque – a wire-compatible mock Kafka (github.com/dcminter)

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PXL2000 (wikipedia.org)

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Text of Terry Pratchett's 1995 Bill Gates Interview (reddit.com)

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In Memoriam Robert Tinney (tinney.net)

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Show HN: A GTK app for Linux to show file buffer progress

9

UNIX Fourth Edition (squoze.net)

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The Absent Silence (2010) (ursulakleguin.com)

2

Address to Distress (paperstack.com)

8

Apple Desktop Bus Protocol (2021) (lopaciuk.eu)

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Ask HN: Why is LinkedIn's job search so bad?

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How come LinkedIn job search is so horrible?

6

Linux Compose Key Sequences (2007) (dartmouth.edu)

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Startup.com (wikipedia.org)

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Stirring Bars Are Superstition? (science.org)

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Bash Strict Mode (2014) (redsymbol.net)

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ArduinoOS (2017) (github.com/drbubble)

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JANET – The UK Joint Academic Network (1988) [pdf] (uksg.org)

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The Sounds of MRI (2024) (larsonlab.github.io)

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Larry (cat) (wikipedia.org)

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SpaceX's Starship explodes in Texas during preparations for 10th test flight (space.com)

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Withnail and I (2001) (criterion.com)

4

A Tale of a Trailing Dot (2022) (haxx.se)

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An early social un-network (paperstack.com)

5

Ask HN: What woud you substitute for the Joel Test 25 years later?

2

Tips for faster Rust CI builds (corrode.dev)

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Quantel Paintbox History (quantelpaintbox.com)

4

The Obesity Blame Game (the-angry-chef.com)

9

Ask HN: What personal projects do you have planned for the holidays?

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Making a watch from scratch (reddit.com)

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Godot Isn't Making It (wheresyoured.at)

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Making a Watch from Scratch (reddit.com)

2

My final take on Gradle vs. Maven (2023) (frankel.ch)

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Docker Debug (docker.com)

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CFPB Finalizes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule (consumerfinance.gov)

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Please do not write below the line (bbctvlicence.com)

3

Meta Deleting Noyb Posts

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Rust needs a web framework (ntietz.com)

4

Palmtop 2024 (paperstack.com)

14

Salt Water Dimmers (wikipedia.org)

26

Unix history and the `dc` calculator (howdytx.technology)

1

The Annotated Alice (wikipedia.org)

1

Pedants (1999) (douglasadams.com)

7

RocksDB: Not a Good Choice for a High-Performance Streaming Platform (feldera.com)

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Polaris Dawn crew completes final series of EVA spacesuit testing (polarisprogram.com)

1

The Camelot of collaboration (2001) [pdf] (thoughtsofanidlemind.com)

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Gordon Bell has died (arstechnica.com)

28

Building a USB to Mac ADB keyboard adapter (paperstack.com)

5

Engineers test autophage rocket engine (aerospacetestinginternational.com)

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First new VAX in 30 years? (2021) (netbsd.org)

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Login to the Vax Bar (ca.us)

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Sneakers Film Promotional Floppy (archive.org)

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How to attach logic probes to tiny SMD components (2021) (reddit.com)

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A new view of the Manchester Computer (rylandscollections.com)

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A 15 pound computer to inspire young programmers (2011) (bbc.co.uk)

3

Ask HN: Which messenger app is good in 2023?

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Vaxbarn (vaxbarn.com)

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Neutrons prove ‘Bond villain’ did not cause Arecibo telescope collapse (ornl.gov)

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Man on the Clapham Omnibus (wikipedia.org)

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Private Eye (wikipedia.org)

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Fluorochemicals in the EU: Speak Up (science.org)

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Bye Bye Ubuntu, Hello Manjaro. How Did We Get Here? (hackaday.com)

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A vaccine for pancreatic cancer treatment? (science.org)

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Protocol Wars (wikipedia.org)

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Mass noun (wikipedia.org)

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The Foonly F1 Computer (2011) (zfxinc.net)

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PDP-11/Hack (2014) (madrona.ca)

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Holographic Glasses for Virtual Reality (nvidia.com)

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The Astronomy Nexus HYG Database (astronexus.com)

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For many disabled patients the doctor is often not in (undark.org)

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Space shuttle Challenger: Debris found by divers (bbc.com)

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To Learn About the Voice Modem Extensions for Windows 95, Press 1 Now (1996) (archive.org)

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The ESP32 Bootrom (2018) (mmto.org)

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What Next? (2017)

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No Silver Bullet (1986) [pdf]